Bar cuff link



June 7, 1927.

1E. F.v CLARK BAR CUFF LINK fire'd March 11. 192e Arm/msmd Patented June 7, 1927.

"UNITED STATES PATENT oFrlcE.

EDWARD FOSTER CLARK, or NORTH iiTrrmnomi, MASSACHUSETTS.

' ABAR curr` LINK.

' Application ledMarchrll, 1926. Serial No. 93,881.

My invention is a bar cuE linkhaving upon one end of the bar a fixed head, fixed and secured without the aid of solder and upon the other end a. pivoted head, capable of being turned ninety degrees upon its hinge or pivot.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bar;

Figure 2 is a. perspective view of the anchor plate for the fixed head;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the inside cover plate forthe fixed head;

Figure 4 is a perspective inside view of a face plate for eitherhead;

Figure 5 is a plan view of the anchor plate, in place upon the end of the bar;

` Figure 6 is an end view of the bar, showing the tangs, one of which is riveted;

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the assembly of Figure 5 seated in the face plate of Figure 4;

Figure Sis a perspective view of the inside cover plate for the tilting head showing the integral hinge loop, pressed out;

Figure 9 is a perspective view showing the tilting head, mounted upon the hooks of the bar of Figure 7;

Figure 10 is a section through the hinge of Figure 8;

Figure 11 is a plan view of an anchor plate, slotted differently from the plate of Figure 5. y

The object of my invention is the formation of a bar cuff button, having a fixed and a tilting head, without the use of solder, and in such fashion that the parts are few and easily and cheaply formed by stamping and press methods, and afterward assembled and secured in proper relationship economically and securely, the aim being to decrease the cost of manufacture and to produce an article of the utmost simplicity, strength and durability.

The nexus between the two buttons or heads of the cuff button, is formed by a bar, 1, one end'of which has opposed hooks, 11, each hook supplied with a wedge-detent 12 designed', when the parts are assembled, to

cooperate with the detent on the opposedV hook, as will be explained hereinafter. Upon the opposite end of the bar 1 are formed preferably a pair of tangs 13,.de signed to cooperate with an anchor plate 2 (Fig. 2). This anchor plate 2 is slotted l either-as shown in Figure 2 at 21 or in Figure 11 at 22. If the'slots 21 are employed the anchor plate 2 is engaged with thebar 1 by slidingthe tangs 13 along the slots 21 to the 'inner end thereof;V if the slots 22 (Fig. 11) are employed the tangs 13nare passedthrough the wide part 22a of slots 22 and shifting the anchor plate to bring the tangs 13 into the narrow part of slot 22. In either case the free end of tangs 13 is now split longitudinally by a suitable mechanism and the two sides pressed apart and out over the plate 2. This is shown in Figure 5 and in Figure 6 one of the tangs 13 1s shown as thus turned over and riveted, while the other tang 1s shown as it is before the riveting. The securing of the anchor plate 2 to the bar 1 being accomplished the anchor plate is inserted within the hollow of a face plate 4, (see Fig. 4) the outer face of which maybe ornamented as desired, and the inside cover plate 3 is passed over the hooked end of the bar l1, by means of the slot 31, to a position within the hollow of face plate 4, the function of cover plate 3 being substantially for finish.v The rim 41 of face plate 4 is now turned over, as shown in Figure 7, and this end of the cuff button is thus completed, all parts being locked together.

The tilting head end of the cuff link is made up and assembled as follows Vithin the hollow of a head 4 I preferably mount Va blank of the same size and Vthickness as the anchor plate, merely to fill space, and above this a loop plate 5 which is of the same dimensions as the anchor plate, but, instead vof being slotted carries a loop 51, formed bv forming two parallel slits in the plate and pressing the metal between the slits into the loop form shown in Figure 8. The loop plate is then secured in the head 4 by turning down the rim 41 and the loop passed within the hooks 11 and the hooks 11 pressed together, the wedge detents 12 riding over one another and snapping together with their flat faces opposed (see Fig. 10), thus locking the hooks 11 within the loop 51. The link is now complete, one head being solidly fixed in position at one endof bar 1 and the other head pivoted upon the other endofbar1.'- Y

I claim:

1. In a bar cuff-link, a bar having a riveting tang at one end; aslotted anchor platel secured to the bar by the riveting tang; a

face plate; a crimped-in rim element around the face plate .and the anchor-plate, securing them in operative relation.

2. In a bar cuff-link, a. bar having a riveting tang at one end and opposed hooks carrying Wedge det-ents, at the other end; a slotted anchor plate secured to the har by the riveting tang; a. face plate; a crimped-in rim elementaroun-d the face plate and .the anchor plate, securing them in opera-tive relation; a lsecond face plato; loop plate; a crimpedn ri-1n element around the face plate and the loop plate to Secure them in operative relation, the bar hooks being engaged within the 15 loop..

lthe face plat-e and the loop plate to secure them in operative relation, the har hooks being eng-aged Within the loop of the loop plate. v 1

Signed at Boston, Massachusetts, `this tenth day of March 1926. v

EDVRD FOSTER CLARK. 

